Couples Counselling Therapists in Downtown, Toronto, ON
Azarine Sandhu
Pre-Licensed Professional, BA, MACP
Verified Verified
Downtown, Toronto, ON M5L (Online Only)
Fluent in both Punjabi and English, I am passionate about offering culturally sensitive mental health support. With four years of experience working in diverse community settings, I’m here to help individuals from BIPOC and immigrant communities, including children, families, adults, and couples.
Fluent in both Punjabi and English, I am passionate about offering culturally sensitive mental health support. With four years of experience working in diverse community settings, I’m here to help individuals from BIPOC and immigrant communities, including children, families, adults, and couples.
Yasaman Sadrikoupaei
Registered Psychotherapist (Qualifying), MA
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Downtown, Toronto, ON M6K
I am deeply passionate about working with and supporting racialized individuals, couples, immigrants/children of immigrants and bicultural families.
In order to feel safe and in control, you may have learned certain survival and coping strategies to keep you grounded. Perhaps you are a child of immigrants, struggling to exist between two cultures. Or maybe you were afraid to disappoint others and taught yourself to never have any needs or boundaries. These behaviours, while understandable, may no longer serve you in the ways that you need. Together, we can explore and unpack your life experiences, offer understanding and validation to the shutdown parts of you, and learn to take up space and exist in our world. Psychotherapy can promote healing, resiliency and self-empowerment.
I am deeply passionate about working with and supporting racialized individuals, couples, immigrants/children of immigrants and bicultural families.
In order to feel safe and in control, you may have learned certain survival and coping strategies to keep you grounded. Perhaps you are a child of immigrants, struggling to exist between two cultures. Or maybe you were afraid to disappoint others and taught yourself to never have any needs or boundaries. These behaviours, while understandable, may no longer serve you in the ways that you need. Together, we can explore and unpack your life experiences, offer understanding and validation to the shutdown parts of you, and learn to take up space and exist in our world. Psychotherapy can promote healing, resiliency and self-empowerment.
Tiffany Ng
Registered Psychotherapist (Qualifying), MACP, RP
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Downtown, Toronto, ON M5V (Online Only)
Together, we will deepen your relationship with yourself and move towards living the life you envision for yourself with radical self-love and healing.
Life can leave us feeling immobilized, uncertain, and disconnected from our true selves. Difficult life experiences or trauma can come to shape us, impacting our relationships with ourselves, others, and one’s mental health. It leaves wounds that make us feel stuck in our patterns or emotions that overwhelm us and stop us from living the life we want to lead. Do you feel hopeless, lost, or stuck? Or perhaps you desire change and just don’t know where to start? Everyone deserves a space to be heard and understood. I am here to guide and support you on your journey towards healing, self-discovery, and growth.
Together, we will deepen your relationship with yourself and move towards living the life you envision for yourself with radical self-love and healing.
Life can leave us feeling immobilized, uncertain, and disconnected from our true selves. Difficult life experiences or trauma can come to shape us, impacting our relationships with ourselves, others, and one’s mental health. It leaves wounds that make us feel stuck in our patterns or emotions that overwhelm us and stop us from living the life we want to lead. Do you feel hopeless, lost, or stuck? Or perhaps you desire change and just don’t know where to start? Everyone deserves a space to be heard and understood. I am here to guide and support you on your journey towards healing, self-discovery, and growth.
Hello and thank you for stopping by. Everyone gets tangled up with some issues. It could be because of a painful past, balancing your present emotions, stressed out by relationship issues, or by family and work expectations. If you suffer from anxiety, depression, balancing your mood, stress and anger management, I am here to support you to find your equilibrium, life priorities and inner peace. I work with adults, couples, families, young adults and teens assisting them in improving their mood, stress, relationship and communication with self and others, loss/grief of a love one, parenting skills, and other issues.
Hello and thank you for stopping by. Everyone gets tangled up with some issues. It could be because of a painful past, balancing your present emotions, stressed out by relationship issues, or by family and work expectations. If you suffer from anxiety, depression, balancing your mood, stress and anger management, I am here to support you to find your equilibrium, life priorities and inner peace. I work with adults, couples, families, young adults and teens assisting them in improving their mood, stress, relationship and communication with self and others, loss/grief of a love one, parenting skills, and other issues.
Dr. Sohail Abbas is a registered clinical psychologist in Ontario. Dr. Abbas specializes in treating Anxiety Disorders:panic disorder, social phobia, obsessive-compulsive disorder, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and all kinds of depression and mood disorders. Besides working with individuals, Dr. Abbas also helps couples and families to deal with a variety of issues including stress, dealing with the loss of a loved one, adjusting to life changes, communication, separation and divorce.
Dr. Sohail Abbas is a registered clinical psychologist in Ontario. Dr. Abbas specializes in treating Anxiety Disorders:panic disorder, social phobia, obsessive-compulsive disorder, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and all kinds of depression and mood disorders. Besides working with individuals, Dr. Abbas also helps couples and families to deal with a variety of issues including stress, dealing with the loss of a loved one, adjusting to life changes, communication, separation and divorce.
Lynne Protain
Registered Psychotherapist, MACP, CPC, ELI-MP, PCC, RP
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Downtown, Toronto, ON M5V
Sharing the challenges that have brought you here can feel daunting and vulnerable. Welcome to a warm, compassionate, calm and non-judgmental space. My specialties include trauma and abuse, chronic illness including autoimmune conditions, women’s health issues (fertility, peri-menopause, menopause, reproductive conditions etc), burnout, chronic stress, relationship issues, unhealthy and dysfunctional family patterns and learning healthy boundaries. Together we will focus on healing, understanding and creating healthier patterns so you can feel joy and feel like yourself once again. Book a free discovery call or email me directly.
Sharing the challenges that have brought you here can feel daunting and vulnerable. Welcome to a warm, compassionate, calm and non-judgmental space. My specialties include trauma and abuse, chronic illness including autoimmune conditions, women’s health issues (fertility, peri-menopause, menopause, reproductive conditions etc), burnout, chronic stress, relationship issues, unhealthy and dysfunctional family patterns and learning healthy boundaries. Together we will focus on healing, understanding and creating healthier patterns so you can feel joy and feel like yourself once again. Book a free discovery call or email me directly.
Leila Morrison
Registered Psychotherapist, MA
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Downtown, Toronto, ON M5A
Waitlist for new clients
I know the difference the quality of your relationship makes, and so I take your experience quite seriously.
Relationships should enrich your life—they should bring you more joy, depth, and safety than you’d experience without them. In my work, I know what’s at stake—I know about the comfort and vitality that secure relationships can bring us, and I know too about the fear and loneliness that we can fall into when by nature, we’ve stopped paying attention. These lows can leave us remembering our early days and wondering where we’ve gone wrong, or whether we’ve ever been right for each other from the start. I know the intense pain of losing hope.
I know the difference the quality of your relationship makes, and so I take your experience quite seriously.
Relationships should enrich your life—they should bring you more joy, depth, and safety than you’d experience without them. In my work, I know what’s at stake—I know about the comfort and vitality that secure relationships can bring us, and I know too about the fear and loneliness that we can fall into when by nature, we’ve stopped paying attention. These lows can leave us remembering our early days and wondering where we’ve gone wrong, or whether we’ve ever been right for each other from the start. I know the intense pain of losing hope.
Hope N Valletta
Registered Psychotherapist, RP, MSc, BA, DipGIT
Verified Verified
6 Endorsed
Downtown, Toronto, ON M6K
I love working with couples, specially when one or both are neurodivergent or trans, queer, ENM or Poly.
Does any of this sound familiar? You survived emotional neglect. You work hard and are independent. Sometimes, your drive has harmed relationships and partnerships. Perhaps your family members struggle with alcohol or addictions. You often feel isolated and "not enough", and could use help from a person who understands these challenges. If you are Neurodivergent, in Recovery; or considering gender transition, I have specific education + experience to support you (Rainbow Health Ontario provider). I am Autistic (AuDHD), adopted, ACE, trans and in a loving marriage. I work, volunteer and learn in Harm Reduction communities.
I love working with couples, specially when one or both are neurodivergent or trans, queer, ENM or Poly.
Does any of this sound familiar? You survived emotional neglect. You work hard and are independent. Sometimes, your drive has harmed relationships and partnerships. Perhaps your family members struggle with alcohol or addictions. You often feel isolated and "not enough", and could use help from a person who understands these challenges. If you are Neurodivergent, in Recovery; or considering gender transition, I have specific education + experience to support you (Rainbow Health Ontario provider). I am Autistic (AuDHD), adopted, ACE, trans and in a loving marriage. I work, volunteer and learn in Harm Reduction communities.
Andrei Reznikov
Registered Psychotherapist, MA, BSc
Verified Verified
8 Endorsed
Downtown, Toronto, ON M5G
Couples and Families I approach through a systemic lens, giving each member a voice and every dynamic a safe space to be explored.
Offering sessions in Russian and English, my main focus is relationships. I work by peeling apart narratives surrounding the issue, educating the couple on the specific tools I used, and how to apply them independently. For individuals, I offer a toolbox of various CBT, SFT, and Narrative Therapy methodology that we collaborate on fitting and applying. After closely exploring ones relational functioning - breakups, tough relationships and family situations, I proceed to focus on immediate needs, with the aim of boosting overall functioning. Lost after trauma, or hurting day after day - If these are your issues, I may be of service.
Couples and Families I approach through a systemic lens, giving each member a voice and every dynamic a safe space to be explored.
Offering sessions in Russian and English, my main focus is relationships. I work by peeling apart narratives surrounding the issue, educating the couple on the specific tools I used, and how to apply them independently. For individuals, I offer a toolbox of various CBT, SFT, and Narrative Therapy methodology that we collaborate on fitting and applying. After closely exploring ones relational functioning - breakups, tough relationships and family situations, I proceed to focus on immediate needs, with the aim of boosting overall functioning. Lost after trauma, or hurting day after day - If these are your issues, I may be of service.
Kaitlyn Swift
Registered Psychotherapist, CCC, BComm, MACP
Verified Verified
2 Endorsed
Downtown, Toronto, ON M5C (Online Only)
I am naturally drawn to a Solution Focused approach; however, I utilize interventions from several different modalities and maintain an overall humanistic approach to working with clients. I work with clients being challenged by anxiety, depression, and relationship issues in their daily lives. I believe that our personal experiences impact the way we view the world, and our emotions play a key role in our behaviour and choices.
I am naturally drawn to a Solution Focused approach; however, I utilize interventions from several different modalities and maintain an overall humanistic approach to working with clients. I work with clients being challenged by anxiety, depression, and relationship issues in their daily lives. I believe that our personal experiences impact the way we view the world, and our emotions play a key role in our behaviour and choices.
Shift Collab | We'll find your perfect fit!
Registered Social Worker, MSW, RSW, RP
Verified Verified
Downtown, Toronto, ON M5V (Online Only)
We do this by offering exceptional virtual therapy across Canada through individual, couples, and family sessions.
Are you struggling to find a therapist that feels like a good fit? Are you constantly scrolling through directories and feeling overwhelmed? Ya, we get it. Finding a therapist is kind of like dating, and it takes effort to find the right fit for you. We’ve got you. Shift Collab is one of Canada’s leading online therapy practices, offering exceptional mental health care across Canada. Our diverse team collaborates with you to navigate all of life’s challenges. We believe therapy should feel simple, actionable and relatable, which is why we’ve created an innovative matching process to partner you with a therapist who truly gets you.
We do this by offering exceptional virtual therapy across Canada through individual, couples, and family sessions.
Are you struggling to find a therapist that feels like a good fit? Are you constantly scrolling through directories and feeling overwhelmed? Ya, we get it. Finding a therapist is kind of like dating, and it takes effort to find the right fit for you. We’ve got you. Shift Collab is one of Canada’s leading online therapy practices, offering exceptional mental health care across Canada. Our diverse team collaborates with you to navigate all of life’s challenges. We believe therapy should feel simple, actionable and relatable, which is why we’ve created an innovative matching process to partner you with a therapist who truly gets you.
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Krishna Makhania
Registered Psychotherapist, MA, MSc
Verified Verified
Downtown, Toronto, ON M5C (Online Only)
A couples therapist & psychotherapist (SouthAsian/Canadian), with a blended understanding and expertise in psych & relationships. Be seen, understand the impact of your past on present. What we do, is a response to life, and once we understand and honor that wisdom- we can change. I invite you to learn the vicious cycles and repetitive patterns, see unmet needs and suppressed emotions. I will be a mirror, a staunch supporter, a fellow traveller and more, as you embark on journey to know yourself, hold yourself, love yourself. We can work on communication, mistrust, loss of love, mis-attunement, trauma, injury, intimacy, transitions.
A couples therapist & psychotherapist (SouthAsian/Canadian), with a blended understanding and expertise in psych & relationships. Be seen, understand the impact of your past on present. What we do, is a response to life, and once we understand and honor that wisdom- we can change. I invite you to learn the vicious cycles and repetitive patterns, see unmet needs and suppressed emotions. I will be a mirror, a staunch supporter, a fellow traveller and more, as you embark on journey to know yourself, hold yourself, love yourself. We can work on communication, mistrust, loss of love, mis-attunement, trauma, injury, intimacy, transitions.
Khoshrooz Kazemi
Registered Psychotherapist (Qualifying), MA
Verified Verified
Downtown, Toronto, ON M5C (Online Only)
Whether you are navigating major life transitions, grappling with negative thoughts, facing relationship or parenting challenges, or coping with anxiety and depression, I create a safe and supportive space for exploration.
Embarking on the path to well-being is a courageous and transformative journey, and I am here to walk alongside you. I am deeply passionate about mental health, and my approach is rooted in empathy, compassion, and a commitment to your personal growth. With a person-centered foundation, I integrate techniques from various therapeutic modalities, including Cognitive-Behavioural, Solution-Focused, and Strength-Based approaches.
Whether you are navigating major life transitions, grappling with negative thoughts, facing relationship or parenting challenges, or coping with anxiety and depression, I create a safe and supportive space for exploration.
Embarking on the path to well-being is a courageous and transformative journey, and I am here to walk alongside you. I am deeply passionate about mental health, and my approach is rooted in empathy, compassion, and a commitment to your personal growth. With a person-centered foundation, I integrate techniques from various therapeutic modalities, including Cognitive-Behavioural, Solution-Focused, and Strength-Based approaches.
Max Tkachenko
Registered Psychotherapist, MEd
Verified Verified
3 Endorsed
Downtown, Toronto, ON M5E (Online Only)
The best way to achieve your therapeutic goals is to establish a comfortable and positive therapeutic relationship with your therapist.
If you are seeking therapy to process past experiences or to work towards your future goals, I can walk with you every step of the way. Together, we can discover your potential, improve your relationships, and live an authentic life. As a therapist with over seven years of experience, I offer a safe, supportive environment for you to explore your emotions and gain insight into patterns in your life that are no longer serving you.
The best way to achieve your therapeutic goals is to establish a comfortable and positive therapeutic relationship with your therapist.
If you are seeking therapy to process past experiences or to work towards your future goals, I can walk with you every step of the way. Together, we can discover your potential, improve your relationships, and live an authentic life. As a therapist with over seven years of experience, I offer a safe, supportive environment for you to explore your emotions and gain insight into patterns in your life that are no longer serving you.
Couples Therapy & ADHD
Registered Psychotherapist (Qualifying), MACP, BTH, CMC, CCC
Verified Verified
2 Endorsed
Downtown, Toronto, ON M5C (Online Only)
You and your partner are why I became a therapist.
You’re really struggling. You’re angry, you’re sad, and you’re afraid. Some days you’re shouting (even if only inside your own head!), and sometimes there’s just this heavy, heavy silence. Maybe you both dig-in and hold your positions, or maybe one of you runs and the other chases, only to repeat the drama next week or next month. Negativity seems to rule your relationship and you’re both walking on eggshells. And after months and months (or is it years and years?) it’s gotten to the point where you’re wondering if your relationship is beyond repair.
You and your partner are why I became a therapist.
You’re really struggling. You’re angry, you’re sad, and you’re afraid. Some days you’re shouting (even if only inside your own head!), and sometimes there’s just this heavy, heavy silence. Maybe you both dig-in and hold your positions, or maybe one of you runs and the other chases, only to repeat the drama next week or next month. Negativity seems to rule your relationship and you’re both walking on eggshells. And after months and months (or is it years and years?) it’s gotten to the point where you’re wondering if your relationship is beyond repair.
We offer psychological, psychotherapy, relationship counselling, life coaching,.
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We offer psychological, psychotherapy, relationship counselling, life coaching,.
Are you Ready to Change your life? Our team of warm, caring, passionate and well-equipped therapists and life coaches can help you thrive in your career, relationships and any other area of your life that could use some improvement. We will help you work through any emotional or mental health challenges that you may be experiencing. Many people try to overcome these issues on their own. Running the risk of relapsing back into old habits and patterns or even spiraling further back from where they started. We’ll teach you the approaches and tools to help you reach your goals and set you up for sustainable success.
Depression & Addiction Therapy - Amanda Sanichar
Registered Social Worker
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Downtown, Toronto, ON M5H (Online Only)
I specialize in anxiety, depression, addiction, and relationship issues, offering personalized and compassionate support tailored to each client's unique challenges.
Accepting new clients! Do you find yourself dealing with anxiety, depression, addiction or relationship difficulties? Are you a young adult or someone going through a period of transition, seeking a path to growth and balance? If so, I offer a compassionate, personalized therapy experience tailored just for you. My practice is grounded in a deep understanding of Attachment Theory and employs various therapeutic methods. If you value empathy, expertise, and a therapy approach that resonates with your personal story and emotional landscape, then I'm here to help you. Are you ready to explore and overcome the issues you're facing?
I specialize in anxiety, depression, addiction, and relationship issues, offering personalized and compassionate support tailored to each client's unique challenges.
Accepting new clients! Do you find yourself dealing with anxiety, depression, addiction or relationship difficulties? Are you a young adult or someone going through a period of transition, seeking a path to growth and balance? If so, I offer a compassionate, personalized therapy experience tailored just for you. My practice is grounded in a deep understanding of Attachment Theory and employs various therapeutic methods. If you value empathy, expertise, and a therapy approach that resonates with your personal story and emotional landscape, then I'm here to help you. Are you ready to explore and overcome the issues you're facing?
Dr. Morag Yule, Ontario Sex Therapy
Psychologist, PhD, CPsych
Verified Verified
5 Endorsed
Downtown, Toronto, ON M5A
Yule maintains a warm, genuine, and open approach to therapy, allowing for a strong client/therapist relationship in which the client can grow and move toward lasting and meaningful change.
Dr. Morag Yule has an extensive background assessing and treating sexual difficulties including low sexual arousal and desire, difficulty with orgasm, sexual pain, compulsive sexual behaviours. She also provides assessment and consultation around sex-related OCD. She works with individuals and couples to improve sexual health issues and also provides consultation and training to other therapists. Dr. Yule's therapeutic approach integrates sex therapy techniques with cognitive-behavioural, emotion-focused and mindfulness therapies, as well as using interpersonal techniques to help clients foster stronger relationships.
Yule maintains a warm, genuine, and open approach to therapy, allowing for a strong client/therapist relationship in which the client can grow and move toward lasting and meaningful change.
Dr. Morag Yule has an extensive background assessing and treating sexual difficulties including low sexual arousal and desire, difficulty with orgasm, sexual pain, compulsive sexual behaviours. She also provides assessment and consultation around sex-related OCD. She works with individuals and couples to improve sexual health issues and also provides consultation and training to other therapists. Dr. Yule's therapeutic approach integrates sex therapy techniques with cognitive-behavioural, emotion-focused and mindfulness therapies, as well as using interpersonal techniques to help clients foster stronger relationships.
Nadia MacDonald
Registered Psychotherapist, MA
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Downtown, Toronto, ON M4L (Online Only)
Sometimes life is just achingly hard. Despite best efforts, the weight of our burdens can overwhelm us. When we're stuck in the dark, ways to move forward might feel impossible. Therapy is a safe haven to set down your cares, to explore what hurts, what's not working, and what you wish were different. It's a space where you're free to wonder, receive support, and discover personal strengths and possibilities. I work with both individual clients and couples, helping them move towards deeper self-understanding, resilience and ease in their lives.
Sometimes life is just achingly hard. Despite best efforts, the weight of our burdens can overwhelm us. When we're stuck in the dark, ways to move forward might feel impossible. Therapy is a safe haven to set down your cares, to explore what hurts, what's not working, and what you wish were different. It's a space where you're free to wonder, receive support, and discover personal strengths and possibilities. I work with both individual clients and couples, helping them move towards deeper self-understanding, resilience and ease in their lives.
Bella Pahlevan_ Emergence Psychotherapy
Registered Psychotherapist, MA, RP
Verified Verified
Downtown, Toronto, ON M5V
If you experienced narcissistic abuse in your family, relationship or any other setting I understand how challenging it might be to heal the wounds, find your voice and self-esteem back. I believe that there's always a way to move forward and start to heal. What matters is that instead of giving up, you are seeking help and that means you are getting ready to use external and internal resources to move past what's causing you distress. I believe in providing a non-judgmental atmosphere where you feel safe to be yourself.
If you experienced narcissistic abuse in your family, relationship or any other setting I understand how challenging it might be to heal the wounds, find your voice and self-esteem back. I believe that there's always a way to move forward and start to heal. What matters is that instead of giving up, you are seeking help and that means you are getting ready to use external and internal resources to move past what's causing you distress. I believe in providing a non-judgmental atmosphere where you feel safe to be yourself.
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Couples Counselling
Does couples counseling work?
Research shows that couples counseling is effective; it can reduce relationship distress and improve emotional awareness, communication, empathy, intimacy, and overall relationship satisfaction. For example, emotionally focused therapy was found to be effective for about 75 percent of couples, and those benefits lasted at least two years.
When should a couple seek counseling?
Couples can benefit from counseling if they consistently struggle in their relationship. They may have lost the ability to communicate effectively, become entrenched in harmful patterns, begun to fight more than usual, broken the other’s trust, suffered from a mental or physical illness, or faced any number of other challenges. Many therapists offer free consultations, so if a couple isn’t sure whether therapy is necessary, asking directly can provide clarity.
How can I get my partner to go to couples therapy?
The decision to seek couples therapy is often driven by one partner, who then convinces the other to participate. When discussing the idea, the initiator should be direct and assertive. They can state the problems they see and explain how the relationship would benefit from therapy. In more serious cases, they can also explain how their relationship may suffer without making any changes or seeking professional help.
How does a couple prepare for couples counseling?
The anticipation of beginning couples counseling can be difficult—sometimes more difficult than the first session itself. Taking a few moments to reflect can allay those concerns: What are the current challenges? When and how did they begin? What do they want the relationship to look like in the future? Reflecting on these questions can help individuals or couples articulate their goals. Of course, the therapist will also ask questions and guide couples through the process.